FAB10Barcelona is a one week of events focussed on open and accessible technologies that will change the world. It will gather the Fab Lab Network and the citizens of Barcelona to make it a FAB City. FAB10Barcelona will gather the international Fab Lab community which has more than 350 laboratories based in more than 40 countries in the world, and will host the FAB Festival and Fab City Symposium, open to all the citizens of Barcelona.

Fab Lab Tours

Workshops

2nd-4th and 7th-8th from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The kids summer workshop organised by Fab Lab Barcelona in collaboration with the Fabrication Athenaeum of Les Corts and Ludic3. 150 kids learning how to make many things with digital fabrication tools.

Talks

Short talks and panel discussions featuring inventors, designers, and other fab labbers from the international network over the weekend of 5-6 July. Check the Fab Festival talks schedule more more details.

Workshops

Family-friendly, hands-on workshops from around the world to get everyone making things over the weekend of 5-6 July. Sign up now to make animatronic Indian puppets, learn Peruvian weaving techniques, hone your entrepreneurial skills, and much more!

Demos

Demonstrations of inspiring projects from the global fab lab network and other exciting inventors, happening in booths throughout the Fab Festival over the weekend of 5-6 July.

Fab Condenser

The Endesa World Fab Condenser is designed to capture principles, ideas and people around the Fab Lab Network. It is a small, digitally fabricated pavilion that will serve as landmark of the Fab Lab community during the conference.

Fab Car

A complete car designed by the network and for the network. A modular, hackable and customisable vehicle that could be produced in any Fab Lab around the world, specifically designed with the needs of Fabers and Makers in mind. The FabCar is an experiment in collaborative design by 6 Fab Labs in the network and with the support of HP

Symposium

A one-day event focused on the principles, applications and implications of Digital Fabrication. With special focus on rethinking the role of technology, policy and society in the development of self-sufficiency strategies for productive cities.

Wrap Up

8th of July, all day. Morning: wrap-up sessions of the network, selection of the FAB12 host, and discussion on future plans, vision and growth of the network. Afternoon: BBQ at the Green Fab Lab, and session with the Fab Cafe team.

Fab City Symposium

7 JULY 2014, Disseny Hub Barcelona

A one-day event focused on the principles, applications and implications of Digital Fabrication. With special focus on rethinking the role of technology, policy and society in the development of self-sufficiency strategies for productive cities.

Ateneu Ciutat Meridiana

There are hundreds of places that you can stay at during the event, to help you make your decision we have created a page that lists some of the Hotels, Hostels and Apartments that are near the FAB10Barcelona venues.

From Fab Labs to Fab Cities

Fab Labs are digital fabrication laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technologies which aim to democratise access to personal (and collaborative) manufacturing, and invention. FAB10Barcelona aims to scale up the impact of Fab Labs in cities and human settlements, and will gather experts, citizens, industries and governments from all over the world.

FAB10Barcelona is open to anybody from Barcelona, Europe and the world who is interested in the applications and implications of digital fabrication.

FAB10Barcelona is organised by Fab Lab Barcelona | IAAC and the Barcelona City Council, in collaboration with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, and the Fab Foundation, there will be a full week of workshops, conferences, exhibitions and a symposium about digital fabrication.